Our take: Predicting the winners and scores of Week 0 Delaware high school football games
We are back for another year of predicting the winners and scores for high school football games throughout Delaware each week.
Over the years, our three experts have consistently picked more than 80 percent of the games correctly.
Brad Myers and Kevin Tresolini cover high school sports for The News Journal and Delaware Online. Defending champion Matt Kalin, who generates the Kalin Ratings for Delaware high school football, is a Mount Pleasant and recent University of Maryland graduate.
Here we go with this week’s selections:
Thursday’s games
Howard at Hodgson (at Abessinio Stadium), 3:30
MYERS: Howard 34-28. TRESOLINI: Howard 30-14. KALIN: Howard 24-17.
Caesar Rodney at William Penn, 4
MYERS: Caesar Rodney 15-14. TRESOLINI: William Penn 22-14. KALIN: Caesar Rodney 24-20.
Red Lion Christian at Cape Henlopen, 7
MYERS: Cape Henlopen 31-28. TRESOLINI: Red Lion Christian 27-20. KALIN: Cape Henlopen 31-17.
Odessa at Lake Forest, 7
MYERS: Lake Forest 28-20. TRESOLINI: Lake Forest 32-16. KALIN: Lake Forest 31-12.
Mount Pleasant at Milford, 7
MYERS: Milford 20-17. TRESOLINI: Milford 20-12. KALIN: Milford 21-20.
Woodbridge at Seaford, 7
MYERS: Woodbridge 14-13. TRESOLINI: Seaford 28-22. KALIN: Woodbridge 24-16.
Laurel at Sussex Central, 7
MYERS: Sussex Central 20-7. TRESOLINI: Sussex Central 31-14. KALIN: Sussex Central 27-17.
Glasgow at Sussex Tech, 7
MYERS: Sussex Tech 34-26. TRESOLINI: Sussex Tech 30-20. KALIN: Sussex Tech 34-8.
Delaware Military Academy at Salesianum, 7:30
MYERS: Salesianum 31-20. TRESOLINI: Salesianum 31-14. KALIN: Salesianum 30-17.
Friday’s games
Smyrna vs. Manheim Central (Pa.) at Abessinio Stadium, 3:30
MYERS: Smyrna 28-27. TRESOLINI: Manheim Central 34-28. KALIN: Smyrna 38-10.
First State Military Academy at A.I. du Pont, 6
MYERS: FSMA 12-8. TRESOLINI: FSMA 22-20. KALIN: A.I. du Pont 24-12.
West Philadelphia (Pa.) at Dover, 6
MYERS: Dover 31-21. TRESOLINI: Dover 30-20. KALIN: Dover 44-7.
Middletown at Urbana (Md.), 6:30
MYERS: Middletown 28-27. TRESOLINI: Middletown 34-14. KALIN: Middletown 34-10.
Dickinson at Delmar, 7
MYERS: Delmar 35-14. TRESOLINI: Delmar 36-6. KALIN: Delmar 49-6.
James Bennett (Md.) at Polytech, 7
MYERS: Polytech 28-14. TRESOLINI: Polytech 20-14. KALIN: Polytech 27-20.
LAST SEASON’S RECORDS: Kalin 221-34 (.867), Myers 220-35 (.863), Tresolini 216-39 (.847).
Contact Brad Myers at bmyers@delawareonline.com. Follow on X (aka Twitter): @BradMyersTNJ
Have an idea for a compelling local sports story or is there an issue that needs public scrutiny? Contact Kevin Tresolini at ktresolini@delawareonline.com and follow on X (aka Twitter) @kevintresolini. Support local journalism by subscribing to delawareonline.com.
This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: Delaware high school football: Predicting the Week 0 winners
